Improvement in pumps



lUNrre rares ArtNr @tirreno W.. A. BARNES, OF DEUATUR, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN PUMPS.

Specilication forming part of Letters Patent No. 52,377, dated February 6, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, W. A. BARNES, of Decatur, in the county of Macon and State ot' Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Pump; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled lin the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure lis a vertical section of my invention, taken in the line m x, Fig. 2; Fig. 2, a vertical section ofthe same, taken in the line y y, Fig. l; Fig. 3, a vertical section of the same, taken in the line z z, Fig. 2; Fig. 4, a

vertical section of the same, taken in the line d w w, Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

This invention has for its object the attaching ot' tubing to submerged pumps with greater facility than hitherto, so that the pump may be placed at any point Within the well and the tubing attached both above and below without any difficulty whatever.

The invention has, further, for its object a novel arrangement of partitions and valves, whereby the pump will be rendered doubleacting by an extremely simple means.

A represents the pump-cylinder, and B the piston working therein. The cylinder is placed upon a box, C, which is divided into two compartments, a a', by means of a longitudinal vertical partition, b. (See Figs. 1, 3, and 4.) The lower end of the pump-cylinder A communicates with the compartment a, of box C, as shown in Fig. 3, while a chamber, D, at the side ot' the cylinder A, communicates at the lower end with the other compartment, a', of box C, (also shown in Fig. 3,) the upper end of said chamber communicating with the upper end of the cylinder A.

At each end of the box C there is at'tlxed a valve-box, one, E, being at the upper side of box C, and the other, E', below it, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, each compartment ofthe box C communicating with the valve-boxes E E by means of valves F, all openin g upward, the valves of box E opening into said box, while those of box E' open into the compartments a a' of box O.

The valve-box F. has a pendent colla-r or iiange, G, the exterior of which is of taper form and slightly concave, and the valve-box E is provided with a similar collar or iiange,`

G', at its upper side. By means of these taper lian ges the tubing or pipes may be readily iitted on the collars or flanges and a snug, tightjoint obtained.

The operation is as follows: When the piston B is drawn upward a suction is produced in the compartment a of the box C, as the cylinder A communicates directly with said compartment. The valve F ot' box E in compartmenta opens upward and admits the waterinto a, and thence into the lower part of cylinder A, underneath the piston B, the valve F ot' box E, over a, being kept closed under the suction. The Water above the piston B is forced down the chamber D into the compartment a of box C and up through the valve E, over a', into box E, and thence up through the educ'- tion-pipe on the liange or collar G. As the piston B descends the water below it, which was drawn up at the previous ascent of the piston, is forced down into the compartment a,

the valve F over box E being closed under the pressure, and the valve F over a in box 'E opened, so that the water will be forced up through box E and thence through the eduction-pipe, and during the descentof the piston a suction is of course produced in the upper part ot' the cylinder, the valve F of box E at the end ofthe compartment a opening to admit water into a', up through the chamber D, and thence into the top of the cylinder A, the valve F, at the other end of a', on the box E, being kept closed under the suction and the pressure ot' the water in E.

Thus it will be seen that by this simple arrangement of the pump-cylinder with the water passages or compartments and valve boxes a double-acting pump Ais obtained, or

one which Will throw a continuous stream.

rIhev pump may be constructed at a very moderate cost. rIhe valves are rendered very` accessible for repairs, and there are no parts liable to get out of repair or become deranged by use.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Pat ent- 1. The combination and arrangement of the 1 pump-cylinder A and chamber D with the box C, divided into two compartments, au', which communicate, respectively, olle With the cyl inder A and the other with chamber D, and provided at its ends with the boxes E E', which communicate with the compartments al a! by means of the valves F, substantially as described.

2. As combined and arranged with the above, the taper or conical flanges G G of the boxes E E', for the purpose of facilitating the adjustment ot' the tubing,` or pipes to the pump, as set forth.

The above specification of my invention signed by me this 6th day of October, 1865. i W. A. BARNES. Witnesses: Y

A. A. STAFFORD, WM. LINTNER. 

